Extension News Headlines

Making the Most of Your Fall Grazing | Ohio BEEF Cattle Letter 

Grazing Corn Residue, a Feed Alternative! | Ohio BEEF Cattle Letter 

Dry Weather? Don’t graze down to the nubbins! | Ohio BEEF Cattle Letter 

Livestock Forage Disaster Program (LFP) | Ohio BEEF Cattle Letter 

Demand for CHOICE Beef Strengthens | Ohio BEEF Cattle Letter 

Is AI Ready to Draft Your Farm Lease? | Farm Office 

Ohio Contemplating Temporary CAUV Changes | Farm Office 

OSU Extension Weather Extremes Committee and the State Climate Office of Ohio to Host Climate Smart: Farming with Weather Extremes Conference | Agronomic Crops Network 

Recent News and Headlines

Late-season Pigweed Scouting | Agronomic Crops Network
 

Corn Yield Forecasts as of August 23, 2023 | Agronomic Crops Network
 

Meet Your Soil Fertility Extension State Specialist- Dr. Manbir Rakkar | Agronomic Crops Network
 

Lep Monitoring Network Update #17 – Fall Armyworm Monitoring Starting Across Ohio | Agronomic Crops Network
 

Join OABA and OSU Extension for the 4R Technology Review Field Day on September 6 | Agronomic Crops Network
 

Stockmanship and Stewardship Tour for the Beef Industry Hosted in Caldwell, Ohio | Ohio BEEF Cattle Letter
 

August Hay Production Estimates are Encouraging, but Variation Still Exists | Ohio BEEF Cattle Letter
 

Mineral Supplementation on Pasture | Ohio BEEF Cattle Letter
 

Ask The Experts take the stage at FSR | Ohio Ag Manager
 

Shearing Preparations | OSU Sheep Team

We are hiring a Family and Consumer Sciences Extension Educator in Muskingum County

The Ohio State University Extension (OSUE) seeks an Educator to work collaboratively with county, and state teams of OSUE professionals and with local agency and organization leaders and volunteers. The Educator will be responsible for a broad range of basic to complex duties that could include but are not limited to: Providing guidance and/or leadership for Family and Consumer Sciences programming targeted to local and regional needs including: health, food and nutrition; consumer sciences including financial education; human and family development, relationships; and addictive issues and behaviors. Participate as a member of county, multi-county, and/or state Extension teams to further the overall mission, vision and values of both Ohio State University Extension and Family and Consumer Sciences.

Full job description and application can be found here.

Recent News and Headlines

Drought Stress on Turf is Underway | BYGL

Good Hay Weather! | Ohio BEEF Cattle Letter

Forages; Not a ‘normal’ year | Ohio BEEF Cattle Letter

Understanding and Preventing Acidosis | Ohio BEEF Cattle Letter

Planting Soybean in June: What Agronomic Practices Should I Adopt? | Agronomic Crops Network

Late Spring Dry Spell Underway | Agronomic Crops Network

Lep Monitoring Network Update #4 – Trap Counts for BCW, AMW and ECB-IA | Agronomic Crops Network

Last chance to Complete the 2022 Census of Agriculture | Ohio Ag Manager

Consumer debt in U.S. hits $17 trillion dollars, U.S. agricultural real estate debt projected to record levels. | Ohio Ag Manager  

USDA ERS Forecasting Reduced Farm Income for 2023 | Ohio Ag Manager

ODA Free Farm Pesticide Disposal Collection Event Will Be at the Morgan County Fairgrounds August 9

Link to ODA Press Release

August 9, 9 a.m.–3 p.m.: Morgan County, Morgan County Fairgrounds
2760 South Riverside Drive, McConnelsville, Ohio 43756

The pesticide collection and disposal services are free of charge, but only farm chemicals will be accepted. Paint, antifreeze, solvents and household or non-farm pesticides will not be accepted.

The pesticide collections are sponsored by ODA in conjunction with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. To pre-register, or for more information, contact the Ohio Department of Agriculture at 614-728-6987.

Other Recent News and Headlines

Are you charging enough for your hay? | Ohio BEEF Cattle Letter
Forage Maturity Across Ohio | Ohio BEEF Cattle Letter
“You Don’t Know What You Don’t Know” | Ohio BEEF Cattle Letter
Spring Weather & Soil Conditions: Update 6 | Agronomic Crops Network
If You Planted and Heavy Rainfall Affected Your Fields… | Agronomic Crops Network
Interested in Soil Health? Learn together with OSU Extension | Agronomic Crops Network
Lep Monitoring Network Update #2 – Black Cutworm & True Armyworm | Agronomic Crops Network
Taxable Gross Receipts for Ohio Commercial Activity Tax (CAT) | Ohio Ag Manager

Participating in statewide lepidopteran moth trapping network

I am participating in the statewide moth trapping network that monitors key pests in agronomic crops which are reported through the Crop Observation and Recommendation Network (CORN).  We are currently trapping for True Armyworm, Black Cutworm and have setup traps for European Corn Borer.

Updates and reports are here:

Lep Monitoring Network Update #2 – Black Cutworm & True Armyworm 

Lep Monitoring Network – Ohio Black Cutworm and True Armyworm Monitoring